Social studies lesson? How about a cooking lesson? Mr. Pudding, I challenge you to a cook-off. You can make the dish after which you are named, and I shall make popovers. I realize that some might consider it unfair of a chef to challenge a school-teacher to a cooking match, but I'll tell you what: I will mix the ingredients with one eye closed.

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